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In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly worthy of critical attention. Here B. P. Reardon a



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Bibliographical References and Abbreviations, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. The Genre Romance in Antiquity, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. The Practice of Greek Romance, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3. The Content of Romance: The Idea of Fiction, pg. 46*CHAPTER 4. The Manner and Medium of Romance: Narrative Prose, pg. 77*CHAPTER 5. Problems and Solutions, pg. 97*CHAPTER 6. Context and Contacts, pg. 127*CHAPTER 7. The Pattern of Romance, pg. 169*Bibliography, pg. 181*Index, pg. 191

The Form of Greek Romance

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691604640, 978-0691604640
      ISBN10: 0691604649

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly worthy of critical attention. Here B. P. Reardon a



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Bibliographical References and Abbreviations, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. The Genre Romance in Antiquity, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. The Practice of Greek Romance, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3. The Content of Romance: The Idea of Fiction, pg. 46*CHAPTER 4. The Manner and Medium of Romance: Narrative Prose, pg. 77*CHAPTER 5. Problems and Solutions, pg. 97*CHAPTER 6. Context and Contacts, pg. 127*CHAPTER 7. The Pattern of Romance, pg. 169*Bibliography, pg. 181*Index, pg. 191

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